dissidentvoice.org/2010/09/nuclear-weapons-20-facts-they-don’t-want-you-to-think-about/

Nuclear arsenals: who wants them? — A
coterie of politicians.

Why do they want them? — For the illusion
of power and to feed their egos.

How do they keep them? — By fostering a
culture of fear.

How do they do that? — By positing a
Threatening and Unknown Future.

There are 5 primary nuclear weapons states
(and four others from proliferation). The
politicians of these 5 nuclear states put the
future of the citizens of all the other 187
states of the UN at risk as well as their own
citizens because of their insistence in
keeping their nuclear arsenals.
In no case have the citizens been asked if
they want these arsenals.
The reason these politicians want these
Armageddon weapons is because they
believe it gives them stature and power;
makes them players; gets their feet under
the top table. For this perceived personal
benefit they are prepared to put the survival
of the human race at risk.
Nuclear arsenals are the ruthless tools of
power-fixated individuals.
In order to keep their arsenals, these
individuals must keep the citizens in
ignorance. We have a vague dread of these
things and what they can do. Humanity has
a residual group memory of the
unspeakable suffering of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. But this is very scary. We don’t
want to think about it. And that suits the
power junkies just fine. Ignorance is power
– for the junkies – but not the citizens.
If the truth about nuclear weapons was
known there would be millions
demonstrating in cities round the world.
The arsenals would be dismantled.

The effects of nuclear explosions on people
defy the imagination and our ability (and
willingness) to contemplate such degrees of
human suffering. But how can we make
rational judgements if we do not face the
nightmarish facts?
Reciting facts will not ensure the necessary
degree of knowing. But it is a start – the
basis for critical evaluation.

So here are 20 facts you should know but they wish u didn't:

1. There are at least 23,000 nuclear
weapons in existence: sufficient to wipe out
the entire human population of the planet
many times over.


2. Of the 23,000 nuclear weapons in
existence around 2,500 are on High Alert.
This means they are ready to be launched at
a moment’s notice.


3. The missiles delivering nuclear weapons
to their target travel at faster than 1000
miles in 4 minutes.


4. The only way our armed forces have of
knowing if a nuclear attack is in progress is
through an electronic early warning system.
This system, like all electronic systems, is
subject to malfunction.


5. When the electronic warning system
signals that a nuclear attack is in progress
the military chiefs of staff have a matter of
minutes to decide if the warning is true or
false.


6. If the chiefs of staff instruct the Prime
Minister/President that an attack is in
progress he has a matter of minutes to
decide if this information is reliable and to
press the button launching a retaliatory
strike.


7. Central London would be utterly
destroyed by a single megaton bomb.1


8. One such bomb would, due to the blast
alone, cause 98% deaths from Westminster
to the City of London and from Lambeth to
Marylebone.1


9. A modelled attack on Detroit2 (when the
population was 1.32 million) predicted that
a single 1 megaton bomb exploded above
the city would cause up to 630,000 deaths
and injuries from blast alone. 83% of the
population would be immediately killed or
injured. Many of the remaining population
would die or suffer terribly from the effects
of radioactive fallout.


10. One 5 megaton nuclear bomb has as
much explosive power as all the explosives
used in the second world war.

Bring it on

11. If a nuclear power station or nuclear
waste disposal site were the target of a
nuclear attack it has been estimated that the
resulting contamination would cover an
area nearly 3 times that of Wales.1


12. Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
referred to the pain and suffering as
‘indescribable’ and ‘hell on earth’. Eventually
some survivors of Hiroshima arrived in
hospital elsewhere. Such was their degree
of suffering that when a nurse entered the
ward they screamed for her to kill them.3


13. There have been various crises since
1945 when the world came within a hair’s
breadth of nuclear war. Our luck will run
out. The system is held primed at all times.


14. In one crisis a single man saved the
world from destruction. If Stanislav Petrov,
in 1983, had told his Russian superiors that
his electronic monitors were signalling a
massive nuclear attack from the US, there
would have been a global nuclear war. He
did not tell them and the signals turned out
to have been due to a malfunction.


15. A nuclear war would cause a blanket of
particles in the atmosphere that would blot
out the sun’s rays and result in the death of
the vegetation on which life depends. This
would be in addition to the death of people,
animals, and plants caused by the explosive
power, the radiation and the shockwaves.


16. Each of the weapons carried on the UK
Trident submarine is 7 times more
destructive than the Hiroshima bomb which
killed 140,000. The UK Trident submarine
carries 16 Trident missiles. Each missile can
contain 3 No. 100 kiloton weapons. A single
submarine is designed to carry over 300
times the destructive power of the
Hiroshima bomb.


17. The nuclear weapons on a single Trident
submarine can destroy over 40 million
people (extrapolating from Hiroshima).


18. The UK nuclear arsenal alone has the
destructive power to destroy over 80% of
the 195 capital cities of the world.


19. We in the UK have 4 Trident submarines;
our ally, the US, has 14.


20. Trident renewal will cost the taxpayer 97
thousand million pounds yet it is totally
useless in opposing any real existing
threat,
cc: lalasticlala mynd44

Who are we fighting against

What are they fighting for?, Please come and test this bomb in Nigeria because Buhari want to crucify us.

When it is known that it is this dangerous, the best option then is to totally stop the production.

michiyke2003:
What are they fighting for?, Please come and test this bomb in Nigeria because Buhari want to crucify us.

It won't be tested in Nigeria

Dreal11247:

It won't be tested in Nigeria

Testing the Missile here will do Nigeria more good because the Polithifians who have been embezzling our money will suffer the same faith with us. Abeg make them come test the bomb here. I am tired of the increment of everything in Nigeria

Dreal11247:
When it is known that it is this dangerous, the best option then is to totally stop the production.

Stop the production, lol.
I doubt if that will ever happen. Recently, U.K and U.S started upgrading their tridents, russia unveiled a new missile and north korea are always testing. So aborting production won't be coming anytime soon.

michiyke2003:


Testing the Missile here will do Nigeria more good because the Polithifians who have been embezzling our money will suffer the same faith with us. Abeg make them come test the bomb here. I am tired of the increment of everything in Nigeria

Don't wish for this bro, i tell ye!!

..... Nuclear wepaons eh I feel in the next 10, 20 years the weapons would become obselete.

IamOdin:


Don't wish for this bro, i tell ye!!

What else is left?, the Daura man has murdered Nigeria, the only thing left is to burry the country in shame and the only way to do that is to test this man made destructive missile here in Nigeria. The current government has failed woefully.

michiyke2003:


Testing the Missile here will do Nigeria more good because the Polithifians who have been embezzling our money will suffer the same faith with us. Abeg make them come test the bomb here. I am tired of the increment of everything in Nigeria

Would you like it to be tested on you? Let us not because of frustration accept disaster which we know that when it starts manifesting, we shall start looking for solutions which may not come. Moreover, the politicians may find their ways out but you may not. Let's pray and wait for a better tomorrow.

michiyke2003:





What else is left?, the Daura man has murdered Nigeria, the only thing left is to burry the country in shame and the only way to do that is to test this man made destructive missile here in Nigeria. The current government has failed woefully.

lol, though they have failed but there is still hope for the living. Read about the effects of nuclear explosion and u won't wish it to strike even satan.

Dreal11247:

Would you like it to be tested on you? Let us not because of frustration accept disaster which we know that when it starts manifesting, we shall start looking for solutions which may not come. Moreover, the politicians may find their ways out but you may not. Let's pray and wait for a better tomorrow.

Did u just say disaster?, the disaster has already befallen us. Is there any disaster greater than having Buhari as the President of Nigeria?

IamOdin:


lol, though they have failed but there is still hope for the living. Read about the effects of nuclear explosion and u won't wish it to strike even satan.

My brother,yes we have hope as a living but for Nigeria,her hope died the day they elected Mr Daura as the president of the amazing and God blessed federal republic of Nigeria

michiyke2003:




Did u just say disaster?, the disaster has already befallen us. Is there any disaster greater than having Buhari as the President of Nigeria?

If you know what you are praying for, you will understand that posting anything at all on Nairaland is a miracle. Buhari has not stopped you from sleeping and waking. You can still drink water. Thank God for that. You equally have hope for a better tomorrow

michiyke2003:




My brother,yes we have hope as a living but for Nigeria,her hope died the day they elected Mr Daura as the president of the amazing and God blessed federal republic of Nigeria

hahaha, bros, having a visionless leader is a real pain in the ass but i don't think what u're wishing for should be our last resort.
We will definitely get through this with time

see nuclear weapons in the hands of its owners the way guns are in the hands of police, so would you say they are totally useless now?

power900:
see nuclear weapons in the hands of its owners the way guns are in the hands of police, so would you say they are totally useless now?

Elaborate more please, i didn't understand.

Nice thread

IamOdin:


Elaborate more please, i didn't understand.

these countries afore mentioned are the police countries of the world, how else can they enforce their policies if they just used words with nothing to backup their orders.....nuclear weapons are dangerous only in the hands of asians, they re trying all means to overpower usa as the nuclear power and for US to keep their stands, they need to increase their war heads unless they get ovrethrown..... believe it or not, usa is the reason why there is peace in the world today but the other continents try to paint them black by turning the world against them.


now chinas warhead is growing beyond control now and they are closer ally to russia so now usa only got uk and france although france shouldnt be on the list coz their warheard is nothing compared to the above countries...


we all should just pray there never be ww3, worst of all war against a no time wasting country like russia and usa,coz the world wont be able to contain them....

power900:
these countries afore mentioned are the police countries of the world, how else can they enforce their policies if they just used words with nothing to backup their orders.....nuclear weapons are dangerous only in the hands of asians, they re trying all means to overpower usa as the nuclear power and for US to keep their stands, they need to increase their war heads unless they get ovrethrown..... believe it or not, usa is the reason why there is peace in the world today but the other continents try to paint them black by turning the world against them.


now chinas warhead is growing beyond control now and they are closer ally to russia so now usa only got uk and france although france shouldnt be on the list coz their warheard is nothing compared to the above countries...


we all should just pray there never be ww3, worst of all war against a no time wasting country like russia and usa,coz the world wont be able to contain them....

ok bro, now i understand your point. But i don't think we really need those POLICE countries, countries will fare better if allowed to operate on their own instead of being manipulated by external forces, or police as u put it.
U.S is not what u think they are, they are actually the problem of this world.

And yes, we just hope and pray that ww3 doesn't come, at least not in our time because the suffering and trauma will be massive.

We will use all of them one day for space exploration.

hyprealestatemkt:
We will use all of them one day for space exploration.

as in, nuke other planets??

IamOdin:


as in, nuke other planets??

Nope a project name daedalus was envisioned to carry man alpha centauri the closest star to our sun within the life time of man like 10 years. Am not chance to write more maybe I will edit later

hyprealestatemkt:

Nope a project name daedalus was envisioned to carry man alpha centauri the closest star to our sun within the life time of man like 10 years. Am not chance to write more maybe I will edit later

ok man, patiently wating. I'll like to know more about it.